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Decadence silograph by Felice Melis Marini, 40s
SILVER Seller in Milano, Italy
SILVER Seller in Milano, Italy
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Felice Melis Marini (Cagliari 1871 - Cagliari 1953) was a leading figure in 20th-century Sardinia. Felice was born into a wealthy and cultured family. From an early age he showed an interest in drawing and instead of following in his father's footsteps - his father Enrico was an engineer and a pupil of the architect Gaetano Cima - he followed his vocation. In 1893 he went to Rome to admire the works on display at the Galleria Nazionale, and here his studies of the great masters of the 19th century such as Giovanni Fattori, Francesco Paolo Michetti, Giovanni Segantini and Filippo Palizzi influenced his painting. Between 1897 and 1901 he attended the Scuola libera del Nudo and it was probably on this occasion that his teacher Francesco Jacovacci (Rome 1838 - 1908) directed him to study engraving. Between 1903 and 1904 he settled in Venice to follow Guglielmo Ciardi's courses and to get closer to the new possibilities offered by lagoon tonalism. Melis Marini exhibited at both national and international engraving exhibitions, and around the 1940s he produced his first woodcuts in which he took up themes already treated in etching. His wooden plates also reveal a strong pictorial quality. Throughout his life he was a prolific illustrator and lively organiser of exhibitions. In 1916 he published: L'acquaforte, manuale pratico. In this woodcut, the strong inking, the powerful chiaroscuro contrasts and the incisive stroke lead the viewer silently into an abandoned garden. The gate created with wooden planks is open, inviting one to enter a forest. The theme of the gate, of opening/closing, is recurrent in Melis Marini's works, and is probably a metaphor for human relationships and feelings. The garden is uncultivated, tall shrubs grow on the ground and on the unlit fountain in the foreground on the right. Some pots contain plants, others are lying on the ground broken as in a sort of still life. In the background a dense wood closes the view. Everything seems to be wrapped in a sweet melancholy, in a timeless era. Engraved in the bottom right-hand corner is the artist's monogram F.M.M. Beyond the image, in pencil, is the title Decadence and his signature. Excellent impression. Very good state of preservation. Wide margins. One copy is in the Municipal Gallery of Cagliari. Bibliography: G. Fanciulli, Un maestro dell'acquaforte: F. M.M., in Emporium, LXII (1925), 368, pp. 67-73. Maria Grazia Scano, Felice Melis Marini, Il Lisso 1993, n146 Measurements of the work: 22.8 x 22.8cm.
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